Color
#99ae1e
#99ae1ergb(153, 174, 30)hsl(69, 71%, 40%)oklch(0.71 0.158 118.3)Colors that go with #99ae1e
Charcoal, Medium Purple and Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #99ae1e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Medium Purple #9370db
complementaryshippedMedium Purple sits directly opposite #99ae1e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Spotify's brand system put Blue beside #99ae1e, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #99ae1e in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Forest Floor, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #99ae1e: 4 real palettes, including Liquid Death's brand system and Playground, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #99ae1e in 4 real palettes, including Chevrolet's brand system and Disney's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #99ae1e: 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Cider, as the lead colour.
Slate Gray #708090
shipped4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty put Slate Gray beside #99ae1e, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #99ae1e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #99ae1e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.49:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.43:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #99ae1e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #99ae1e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/99ae1e-b7bea2-4e7edf-252d1f-f1eee9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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